Selling Plants on E-Bay

horticloud

Hi all thought you might be interested in having a look at this site - an on-line community which is gearing up to sell plants either by post or in person.

Have a look its looking great agriola.com

peter_the_piper

Surely this is not a newbie advertising their own site?

a1cat

louise_1981 wrote: »

As far as I know, there are no specific rules other than you can't ship plants outside of the uk.

Many countries have very strict rules eg Aus, NZ, USA - but the sender won't get into trouble for a 1 off shipment, they destroy the plants & penalise the recipient.

a1cat

FWIW I noticed that the sellers with exotic-ish bulbs such as rarer amaryllis & lilies always do well on price - and these happen to be very easy to propagate.

Now there's an idea lol

Neil_F._Holland

Old Thread Resurrection Warning!

Looking for some advice - I have a large Ficus plant that has grown too large for our house really and my wife is looking to shift must be at least 7 feet tall.

In pretty good nick.

Theses things seem to sell for a load at garden centres - can't find any others on eBay so not sure if I'll be able to shift that way?

Any other ideas? Have thought about calling local garden centres and offering for sale?

best

Neil

Davesnave

Neil_F._Holland wrote: »

Theses things seem to sell for a load at garden centres - can't find any others on eBay so not sure if I'll be able to shift that way?

Why not? Christmas is coming, and even the Mother in Law has to get something....

System

Strangely enough earlier on in the year when i was looking for plants Eb*y was the first place i looked.

However, we go to the garden centre a lot in the summer so it was a no brainer for me..... which reminds me, my favourite garden centre should have its Christmas stock in. Ive got a passion for glass baubles for the tree.

blossomhill_2

Neil_F._Holland wrote: »

Old Thread Resurrection Warning!

Looking for some advice - I have a large Ficus plant that has grown too large for our house really and my wife is looking to shift must be at least 7 feet tall.

In pretty good nick.

Theses things seem to sell for a load at garden centres - can't find any others on eBay so not sure if I'll be able to shift that way?

Any other ideas? Have thought about calling local garden centres and offering for sale?

best

Neil

Gumtree or local facebook page, if you have an active one, or a postcard in the local shops
eBay seems as good as anywhere but you will be limited for bidders of they need to collect, as they will need to be local

System

I'd be tempted to shove it on Eb*y on free listing day to collectors only.

If it doesnt sell you wont have paid to have listed it.

My neighbour has sold most of the contents of his loft via Eb*y free listing days, cash on collection.

Neil_F._Holland

Thanks for the tips all...

How often do the free posting days come up?

Ta

N